The natural ventilation widely used in greenhouses has advantages of saving energy and reducing expense．In order to provide information for climate control of greenhouse，a model was developed to predict the variation of air temperature in the naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with insect—proof screen．Roof ventilation and combined roofand sidewall ventilation were considered in the mode1．This model was validated against the results of experiments conducted in the greenhouse when the wind was parallel to the gutters．The model parameters were determined by the least squares method．In the used mode1．effects of wind speed and window opening height on the air temperature variation were analyzed．Comparison between tw o types of ventilation showed that there existed a necessary ventilation rate which results in air temperature decrease in natural ventilation under special climatic conditions。In our experiments when wind speed was less than 3．2m s一， wind had a more gradual effect on greenhouse temperature for roof ventilation．compared with combined roof and sidewall ventilation，which had greater air temperature decrease than roof ventilation only．